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2024-02-20 20:24:21
Lookouts Aloft! A Composer Puts Out to Sea
[…] she managed an invitation through her influential friends to Balmoral to see Queen Victoria herself, a singer and musical aficionado: the Queen expressed an interest in hearing the young woman’s work. Seated at the Queen’s piano, Ethel sang and played several movements from her Mass. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were so impressed they sponsored its premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in 1893 under the baton of Joseph Barnby, conductor of the Royal Choral Society, of which the Duke was then President. In addition to being a composer and conductor of some renown, Smyth was a great letter writer and began in 1919 to publish her memoirs. All six are fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable, written in her own unique, irrepressible style. As she put it, “I am by far the most interesting person I know.” She also wrote volumes of letters to her many friends and acquaintances. […]
2022-08-15 13:05:21
Coleridge-Taylor and Lili Boulanger, 2022
[…] a tour of the United State and was received in the White House by Theodore Roosevelt. He toured the US and Canada in 1906 and the US again in 1910, visiting New York, Boston, Detroit, St-Louis, and other major cities. For many years Coleridge-Taylor was the conductor of the Handel Society of London. He died September 1st of 1912 of pneumonia, at just 37 years old. Here’s Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Malcolm Sargent conducts the Royal Choral Society and the Philharmonia Orchestra. While it’s not clear to us why Coleridge-Taylor is sometimes called "the African Mahler" we sure are glad that his piece is not considered a cultural appropriation. Lili Boulanger’s life was even shorter than Coleridge-Taylor’s: she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Boulanger, like Coleridge-Taylor, was also born (on August 21st of 1893) into a musical family, but of a much higher social status: her father, […]
2022-04-18 00:00:00
2019-01-26 00:00:00
Sir Malcolm Sargent - ICON box (18 CDs)
[…] [124:03]Cast:Widow/Angel: Isobel Baillie (soprano)Angel I/Queen: Gladys Ripley (contralto)Obadiah/Ahab: James Johnston (tenor)Elijah: Harold Williams (baritone)Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraRecorded: 1947, Huddersfield Town HallMonoCD 8 [76.24]Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’ Op.36 [30:10]Serenade in E minor Op.20 [14:10]Philharmonia OrchestraRecorded: 1959, St Augustine’s, Kilburn, London George Frideric HANDELOverture in D minor (transcr. Elgar) [5:43]Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRecorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, LondonFrederick DELIUS (1862-1934)A Song before Sunrise [6:11]Recorded: 1965, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, LondonSongs of Farewell (Whitman) [19:25]Royal Choral SocietyRecorded: 1964, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, LondonRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraCD 9 [71.15] / CD 10 [67.22]William WALTON (1902-1983)Belshazzar’s Feast [34:07]James Milligan (bass-baritone)Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraRecorded: 1958, Huddersfield Town Hall Edward ELGARThe Dream of Gerontius Op.38 [95:11]Cast:Gerontius/The Soul of Gerontius: Richard LewisThe Angel: Marjorie ThomasThe Priest/The Angel of the Agony: John CameronHuddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraRecorded: 1954, Huddersfield Town HallMonoCharles Hubert H PARRY (1848-1918)Jerusalem [2:47]Thomas ARNE (1710-1778)Rule Britannia (arr. Sargent) [3:53]The […]
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